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Once
a part-time model and aspiring math teacher Brendan Fehr is
now a teen heartthrob playing a high school alien on TV's ROSWELL.
A show he believes stands apart from the glut of teen programmes.
"There's
definitely a lot of teen stuff out there and a lot of it is
not very good. Hopefully ours will be on the other side
of the line though. Which I think it is."
Already
registered at the University of Manitoba, Brendan was looking
for a way to make some extra cash modelling when he walked into
a BC talent agency. Agent Jim Sheasgreen describes his
first impression of Fehr. "I took one look at the
kid and went whoa!"
Despite
having no ambition to act Brendan took an agent's advice and
gave acting a shot.
"I
never wanted to be one. There was always the pipedream.
Go down to Hollywood, star in an action flick, you know, get
the cash. Get the ladies and earn all the money and be
on the cover of magazines. Every kid thinks of that."
At
this point Brendan figures that it is anybody's guess how the
whole acting thing will affect the rest of his life.
"It's
gonna change radically I suppose. I don't know exactly
how. Depends how the public, you know, how much they like
me."
Last
year on ROSWELL,
Brendan Fehr's character (Michael) went through a few changes.
He was forced to kill an FBI agent, which is enough to throw
off the equilibrium of any average alien. But the real
Brendan Fehr has his feet more firmly planted on the ground
than ever. Roswell has just begun its second season
- now making its home on Citytv - and Fehr is settling in.
"I
think I've gotten better," he says, modestly. "I
mean I still suck at times, but doing Roswell, you work
nearly everyday so if you are paying attention and doing your
job, you can't help it, you have to learn."
That's
the natural progression. According to Fehr, the entire
cast has done some growing up.
"Everyone's
got a better attitude," he confides. "They are
more mature about it, but we're all kind of over the excitement
of having your own series."
That
may be the atmosphere on the set, but the fans are FAR from
"over the excitement". Fehr is mobbed wherever
he goes. Take, for example, the recent MuchMusic Video
Awards. The high-pitched screams practically shattered
the windows!
Fehr
remains humble. Actually, he knows what it's like to be
a "fan". He's a devotee of Metallica and has
quite a large collection of SPIDER-MAN
paraphernalia. A quick tour through the house reveals
a red and blue costume hidden in the closet...
"That's
my secret identity," he laughs conspiratorially.
"So we just keep that all locked up." BACK
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